Chapter 327

The flood surged.

The bloated and mighty fleet turned into four parts, each scattering in different directions.

Unlike Cha Qing stood on the deck at the bow, looking back at the fleet behind him, his head buzzing.

Unbelievable.

If what Liang Qu said was true, then he had accomplished three major things in just one day!

Unite the forces in the county and organize effective rescue.

Investigate the disaster situation, draw up a topographical map, make a sand table, and provide targeted rescue suggestions.

Investigate the cause of the dike collapse and capture the culprit.

If the last one was broken down, it could be completely split into two, investigation and arrest!

Clearly, everyone set off at about the same time, and Liang Qu only used the time difference of the journey to complete all the main tasks alone?

Is this really something a human can do?

Not only was Unlike Cha Qing's brain badly confused, but on other boats, Fan Zixuan, Yan Qingshan, and others were also the same.

On the boat where the Yan brothers were, Yan Chongwen supported his chin and was thoughtful: "No wonder Lord Liang wanted to travel ahead alone."

Yan Qingshan didn't understand: "How so?"

"Lord Liang has the talent to govern the world. Arriving at Huazhu County a moment earlier can save thousands more people. If he were forced to be with us, it would only slow down the journey, which would be a real loss that outweighs the gain."

The four were suddenly enlightened.

Zhu Chunqiao slapped his fist: "I understand, Lord Liang didn't bring us because he didn't want to drag down his performance!"

Ji Youdong said: "I heard that Lord Wei Lin also sent people, the one who competed in swimming before, he traveled with several subordinates..."

"No wonder he became a loser to Lord Liang. From the moment he started the journey, he had already lost."

"So that's how it is!"

The four-person group discussed it.

In the cabin.

Liang Qu was supplementing and explaining the sand table based on the information passed back by the fat catfish and other beasts.

"So tired..."

Liang Qu wrote and drew on the booklet, finishing the record of the fat catfish's relevant report, his eyelids heavy, and he looked at the two carpenters making the sand table in the corner.

"Call me when we reach the disaster relief place."

"Rest assured, Lord, the old man knows the importance."

"That's right, rest assured, Lord."

The two carpenters indicated they would keep it in mind.

Liang Qu rested assured and lay on the sand table for a nap.

A-Wei, who was acting as a scout, flew into the cabin and landed on the table to take care of him.

From meeting the water bandit Lu Xinqing, the instructor Chai Shiqiao, Magistrate Yu Dayi, the Sand River Gang, Cheng Chong, recording the booklet, plus making the sand table, customizing the route, plan, and coordinating the fleet...

Every single thing was arranged, Liang Qu almost didn't rest, and instead consumed huge mental effort.

The two carpenters lightened their movements involuntarily, for fear of disturbing Liang Qu.

Huazhu County had experienced floods before, and this time it was not even the most severe one, but the rescue speed this time was unprecedented.

Everything was attributed to the young man who was napping on the sand table at the moment.

"The west side is full, go to the east side! There is hot porridge on the east side!"

"Don't run around! Everyone come over to receive the voucher, you can only receive porridge after receiving the voucher! Keep it well, if you lose it, there will be no food!"

"To receive the voucher, you need to register household information. Don't think about concealing, lying, or drilling loopholes. Think carefully about whether you can withstand twenty big boards!"

"Is there a village head of Huangtai Village! Village elder! Come to me!"

"Old people over fifty come to my side!"

"Keep your children tight! If you lose them, no one will help you find them!"

Large groups of disaster victims came down from the fleet, and the sound of gongs and drums kept ringing on the side.

The village head beating the gong informed the disaster victims of information, letting the crowd gather according to the original villages and towns.

After being identified by the local village elders, the disaster victims were registered by several scholars, distributed vouchers, and entered the disaster relief camp.

Liang Qu shuttled through the camp and came to the top of the mountain to look down.

The high ground was like being covered by dense ants, and with the crawling of these ants, the entire ground was wriggling and rising and falling.

"How much food is in the camp? How many people? How many days can it last? Was the epidemic spread controlled last night?"

The leading inspector bent down and said: "Lord Liang, rest assured. Previously, soldiers from the River Patrol came with small boats to deliver food, so there is no need to worry for at least four or five days.

Epidemics, there were some before, but since you came last night, there seems to be no further transmission, and those who were sick have also improved, with only two deaths.

The people in the camp privately say that it is because of your blessing, saying that you are the reincarnation of the Pond King."

"Pond King?"

The inspector explained: "A folk legend, saying that the Pond King was once a high official, and in his later years, he retired to his hometown, which is our Huazhu County.

One night, he met the Plague God putting poison in the pond, and in order to save the villagers, he drank the water in the pond himself. Later, the poison took effect and he jumped into the pond and died. Heaven was very moved and sealed him as the 'Pond Mansion Thousand Years'."

"Our Huazhu County territory has the custom of sending king boats on the Heishuihe every year, and this year there must be people writing your name."

Liang Qu suddenly realized, and then asked: "Has anyone from the River Patrol been here?"

"Two hours ago, they delivered a lot of rice and grain, all recorded in the account book, please take a look, Lord."

The inspector handed over the account book.

Liang Qu flipped through it simply, calculated roughly, and it was not difficult to persist for four or five days. Even four or five days was a conservative estimate. If it was boiled into thin porridge, it would not be difficult to persist for seven or eight days.

It didn't sound very humane, but surviving was more important than eating one's fill at the moment.

Especially since Liang Qu could drive away water diseases, being slightly weak didn't matter.

"Need to find a chance to meet..."

Xu Yuelong was sitting in the rear, coordinating and allocating, maybe he would go to Huaiyin Prefecture to borrow supplies first.

It was likely Seeing Ran Zhongshi and the others who came, just in time to hand over Cheng Chong, this hot potato.

In this way, if there was an accident, it would have nothing to do with Liang Qu. He had been busy for several days and was truly exhausted, so he had to let others worry.

After a walk, confirming that his ability to drive away water diseases was effective, Liang Qu returned to the boat to record information.

"Kouzhuang, Libo, Jiechang, you three maintain order, arrange the disaster victims, and follow the route I gave before after you finish. I will go one step ahead. Also, keep a close eye on that water bandit Lu Xinqing, keep him honest."

Li Libo patted his chest: "Rest assured, I've been watching just now, and I roughly understand what to do."

Kouzhuang scratched his head: "Lord Liang, rest assured, I've been watching that water bandit, he can't beat me."

"Hmm." Liang Qu scanned Kouzhuang up and down, "Did you grow taller again?"

Kouzhuang grinned and didn't speak.

Liang Qu shook his head, and the finless porpoise pulled the pleasure boat to take the lead.

Noon.

Large areas of farmland were submerged in water, and in some places, you could see the green rice seedlings sticking their heads out, the leaves slightly drooping, but not as bad as imagined.

Today is the fifth day of the flood, but the flood did not submerge every corner of Huazhu County at once.

The rice fields were submerged for only three or four days, and they were far enough from the Heishuihe, so the water level in many places was not high, only two or three feet.

Liang Qu broke through the six orifices and could control the water flow approaching 20,000 tons. With a thought, several acres of farmland nearby quickly revealed dry ground.

The rice seedlings submerged in the water breathed happily.

Afternoon.

Old Song led hundreds of fishing boats to arrive.

The young and strong on the boats jumped off the fishing boats without a word and joined the action of rescuing the rice fields, releasing water from the rice fields one by one.

Liang Qu had previously rescued high-terrain paddy fields, and the busy young and strong didn't notice anything wrong.

The water flowed down the hillside along the opened openings, and some rice seedlings finally poked out of the water.

Unfortunately, they couldn't save them all; the rice seedlings in the low terrain could only be submerged inside.

Fortunately, Liang Qu let A-Wei investigate, and from the current point of view, one-third of the fields in the nearby area could be saved.

Next, every time Liang Qu went to a place, in addition to transferring disaster victims, he would arrange for a group of young and strong people to stay nearby to rescue the rice fields.

Everyone did their best.

This batch of rice fields could be saved, but they would not fall into the pockets of the field owners; they would all be collected by the county as disaster grain for distribution, so naturally, the more the better.

At the same time.

Seeing Ran Zhongshi and others distributed supplies all the way, had a simple handover with Magistrate Yu, and also led the fleet to approach Liang Qu according to the remaining information of each disaster relief point.

During the entire process of approaching, Seeing Ran Zhongshi and the others gradually noticed something wrong.

"Listening to it, everyone at every disaster relief point has seen A-Shui? Many were sent by A-Shui?"

Xiang Fang Su rubbed his chin, feeling confused.